Press-board holder



(No Model.)

. L. SIEGPRIED. PRESS BOARD HOLDER.

Patented Apr. 19, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS SIEGFRIED, OF EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

PRESS-BOARD HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,708, dated April19, 1898.

Application filed August 6,1897. Serial No. 647,336. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS SIEGFRIED, of Easton, in the county ofNorthampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedPress-Board Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to devices for supporting a press-board on atable or the like; and the object is to provideaholder by means of whichthe board may be swung horizontally and also vertically and fastened atany desired angle, thus facilitating the operation of ironing.

I will describe a press-board embodying my invention and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a press-board and a holder embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view and a section on the line 2 2 ofFig. l, and Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the board as turned downwardwhen not in use.

The holder comprises a clamp consisting of jaw 1, arm 2, and aclamping-screw 3. The jaw 1 is designed to engage over the upper portionof a table-top or the like, and the screw 3 is designed to engageunderneath the same, the said screw passing through a tapped hole in thearm 2.

Mounted to rotate and also to move vertically in the head portion 4 ofthe clamp is a post 5. The upper end of the post 5 is pivotallyconnected to lugs 6, extended downward from a plate 7, designed to besecured to the under side of the press-board 8. Movable on the post 5 isa collar 9, from a lug on which a link 10 extends to a pivotalconnection with a lug 11, depending from the plate 7. Engaging in atapped hole in the collar 9 and designed to impinge against the post 5is a thumb-screw 12, designed to hold the collar in its adjustedposition on the post, and thus support the board 8 horizontally or atany desired angle. It is obvious that by moving the collar 9 upward onthe post the free end of the board 8 will be swung downward.

On the top of the head portion of the clamp is a clutch-section 13,designed to be engaged by a clutch-section 14: on the post 5. By thisconstruction by moving the board around on substantially a horizontalplane the cam or toothed surfaces of the clutch-section 14 will rideupon similar teeth of the clutch-section l3 and pass over the same.Then, after again falling into engagement, the board will be heldyieldingly in a desired position. post will be prevented from beingwholly removed from the clamp-head by means of a pin 15, extendedthrough the post below said clamp-head.

As shown in Fig. 3, the board may be turned to a vertical position whennot in use, and therefore it will not form an obstruction, as would bethe case were it extended outward from the table.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination with a press-board, of

' a clamp, a post mounted to rotate and to move The clutch-section onthe clamp and a toothed clutch-section on the post adapted forengagement with the first-named clutch-section, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination with a press-board, of a clamp, a post mounted torotate and to move vertically in said clamp, the board being pivotallyattached to the upper end of the post so as to swing vertically, aclutch-section on the clamp, a clutch-section on the post, acollarvertically adjustable on the post, means for holding the collar asadjusted, and a link connection between said collar and the board,substantially as specified.

3. A press board holder, comprising a clamp, a post mounted to rotateand to move longitudinally in said clamp, a clutch-section on the clamp,a clutch-section on the post, adapted to engage with the first-namedclutchsection, a collar movable verticallyon the post, means forsecuring the collar as adjusted, a plate pivotally connected to theupper end of the post, and a link connection between the collar andplate, substantially as Specified.

. LOUIS SI'EGFRIED. Witnesses:

F. A. SLETER, H. O. BIXLER.

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